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I 

Knew 

Him 

When 


A  Hoosier  Fable  dealing 

with  the  Happy  Days 

of  Away    'Back 

Yonder 


GEORGE  ADE 


PRIVATELY    PUBLISHED  BY  THE 

INDIANA  SOCIETY  OF  CHICAGO 


December  IQIO 


PRESS  OF 

A.    D.  WEINTHROP   *   COMPANY 
CHICAGO 


Picnic- Judge\Baker 


I  Knew  \Hirn  JVhen— 

INCE  there  was  a  Chi 
cago  Man  with  a  Past. 
Those  who  saw  him 
dipping  into  the  real 
;Astrakhan  Caviar  at 
.75  per  throw  at  the 
e  w  Blackstone  o  r 
iaving  a  trail  of  Blue 
>moke  up  the  Lake 
Shore  Drive  as  he  beat 
it  for  the  Golf  Club  infested  by  our  Best 
People,  little  suspected  that  he  had  been 
at  one  time  merely  an  obscure  Unit  in 
a  large  Family  of  Children  in  a  Town 
that  never  would  have  been  brought  to 
Light  except  for  Rand  and  McNally. 


956576 


OUR  PRESIDENT 

While  defending  his  country  at 

Purdue  University 


TOM  MARSHALL 


Indiana  Going   Wet. 


Truly  it  is  not  the  Start  that  counts 

It  is  the  Finish. 

.*'•"- 

Some  of  the  most  Precocious  Infants 
of  the  early  Spring  of  '68  are  now  stay 
ing  in  Nights  at  Jeffersonville  and 
Michigan  City.  <  Perhaps  the  Bad  Boy 
of  the  Village  is  at  present  a  Member  of 
the  Union  League  Club!  Who  can  tell? 

Our  Hero  was  known  to  his  Grand 
mother  as  William  Henry  Harrison 
Tucker.  His  Associates  in  the  Juvenile 
Outlaw  Band  that  made  Existence  a 
Living  Hell  for  the  Town  Marshal  call 
ed  him  Bill.  The  Teacher  called  him 
about  three  times  a  Day. 

Bill  was  born  in  a  Hamlet  that  came 
very  near  being  on  the  Nickel  Plate 
but  failed  even  in  this  Secondary  Ambi 
tion. 


JOHN  L.  GRIFFITHS 
Taken  the  year  that  Tilden  beat  Hayes. 


Ex-Gov.  DURBIN 


The  Fairbanks  Family 


It  was  bounded  on  the  North  by  a 
Patch  of  Jack-Oaks,  on  the  East  by  a 
Frog  Preserve,  on  the  South  by  a  wide 
stretch  of  Open  Country  sparsely  set 
tled  with  Landises  and  McCutcheons 
and  on  the  West  by  1,000,000  Acres  of 
Virgin  Wilderness  set  aside  for  the 
Future  Development  of  Gary. 

Those  passing  through  on  the  Ac 
commodation  could  see  the  Town  unless 
there  happened  to  be  a  Freight  Car  or  a 
Cow  in  the  Way. 

This  is  the  identical  Town  which  Kin 
Hubbard  says  you  can  remember  as  the 
One  that  had  two  English  Sparrows  on 
the  Telegraph  Pole. 

The  principal  Industries  of  the  Place 


CHARLES  WARREN  FAIRBANKS 

He  saw  the  preacher  hold  his  hands 

the  same  way. 


ROMEO  JOHNSON 


The  Wabash—Fort  Knox 

were  knifing  the  Regular  Candidates 
and  trying  to  write  Phonetic  Poetry 
that  would  sound  just  like  Riley. 

If  further  Identification  is  necessary 
it  may  be  added  that  this  is  the  Town  to 
which  Uncle  Charley  Fairbanks,  speak 
ing  from  the  Tail-End  of  the  Campaign 
Special,  referred  as  the  Garden  Spot 
of  America. 

Bill  looked  out  of  the  Window  one 
morning  and  sized  up  his  Birth-Place 
and  then  he  turned  and  formally 
thanked  his  Parents  for  permitting  him 
to  be  born  in  Indiana. 

At  that  time  he  was  not  a  member  of 
the  South  Shore  and  never  had  been 
entertained  by  the  Studebakers  at  South 


WILLIAM  DUDLEY  FOULKE 

He  is  not  a  bell  hop — the  boys  used  to 

dress  like  that. 


JOHN  KERN 


Old  Vincennes  Church — 1703. 


Bend,  consequently  this  Dump,  which 
was  scorned  even  by  the  No.  2  Uncle 
Tom  Troupes,  looked  to  him  like  Ready 
Money. 

Let  us  pass  rapidly  over  the  Early 
Pages  of  his  Career. 

At  the  Age  of  3  we  find  him  taking 
an  active  part  in  Politics. 

His  Father  had  taken  him  on  the 
Knee  and  explained  that  the  Universe 
is  roughly  divided  into  two  Parts — one 
consisting  of  the  snow-white  Patriots 
identified  with  Our  Party  and  the  other 
a  Mongrel  Horde  of  Pusillanimous  Pap- 
Suckers  known  as  the  Enemy.  This 
Belief  lingered  with  him  until  Years 
later  when  he  began  to  get  his  Orders 


MEREDITH   NICHOLSON 
His  first  attempt  to  look  like  an  author. 


MR.  HARRIS  REMARKS 


At  the  Picnic — Awarding  Prizes 

direct  from  Victor  Lawson  and  Herm 
Ivohlsaat  and  then  he  learned  that 
Both  Parties  needed  a  little  Chloride 
of  Lime,  and  for  Goodness  Sake  don't 
eat  at  the  same  Table  with  Billy  Lor- 
imer. 

Our  Hero  attended  the  Public  Schools 
and  read  all  about  Robert  Reid  who 
never  used  Tobacco  because  it  was  a 
Filthy  Weed.  Therefore,  at  the  age  of 
7  he  paid  a  Nick  for  three  Cheroots — 
the  kind  that  used  to  come  in  the  Paper 
Boxes — and  took  his  first  Lesson  in  a 
Vacant  Lot  back  of  the  Livery  Stable. 
Little  did  he  think  that  in  1910  he  would 
be  sitting  in  the  Main  Banquet  Hall  at 
the  Annex,  smoking  a  John  T.  McCutch- 
eon  Cigar  worth  20  cents  but  provided 


WILBUR  D.  NESBIT 
Ancestral  Hoosier  Palace  in  background 


JUDGE    FIELD 


Kin  Uubbard  and  His  Goat 


for  this  Occasion  at  a  Cut  Rate  by  Spe 
cial  Arrangement  with  the  Manufac 
turer. 


The  Early  Years  of  Bill's  Career  were 
crowded  with  Experiences.  Almost 
every  Summer  a  Medicine  Show  would 
come  along  and  once  he  went  to  the 
County  Seat  to  see  the  Van  Amburg 
Circus,  that  carried  1  Elephant  and  38 
Shell  Workers. 


One  of  his  principal  Joys  was  to  see 
the  Train  go  through.  How  he  envied 
the  Conductor  with  the  Box-Toed  Boots 
and  the  rollicking  Brakeman  with  Braid 
on  his  Clothes !  For  it  was  their  blessed 
Privilege  to  get  into  Peru  every  other 
Xight  and  see  a  good  Show — probably 


"TARK" 

In  the  act  of  defying  the  penal  code 
of  Indiana. 


JOHN  L.  WILSON 


The  Picnic  Parade 

the  Rentz-Santley  Company  of  Female 
Minstrels. 

Also  there  was  the  Ole  Swimmin' 
Hole.  Every  Town  has  one,  so  that 
former  Residents  who  are  living  in  large 
Cities  will  have  something  to  Cry  about 
at  2  A.  M.  when  the  Scotch  is  standing 
high  in  the  Gauge. 

The  Ole  Swimmin'  Hole  is  all  right 
to  refer  to  in  Sentimental  Vein,  but  it  is 
an  Awful  Thing  to  be  used  for  Ablu- 
tionary  Purposes.  The  Ole  Swimmin' 
Hole  patronized  by  Bill  and  his  de 
praved  Associates  in  Crime  was  a  Stag 
nant  Pool  bordered  with  Cat-Tails  and 
Willows,  with  100,000,000  malignant 
Germs  in  every  Drop  of  Water.  In  a 


JIM    RILEY 
One  of  the  best  poets  in  Greenfield. 


GEORGE  BARR 


Friends  Meeting  House — Wayne  County .     Built  1824. 

Battle  between  deadly  Germs  and  a  lot 
of  Tough  Kids,  you  can  guess  who  won 
out. 

After  the  Boys  got  through  Swim 
ming,  they  used  to  go  Home  and  Wash 
Up. 

How  the  Memories  cluster  around  the 
Little  Red  School  House!  It  was  just 
as  Popular  as  any  Jail.  And  the  Teach 
er!  Do  you  recall,  Gentle  Reader,  the 
morning  when  you  slipped  in  early  and 
wrote  on  the  Blackboard,  in  a  disguised 
Back-Hand? 

Oh,  Lord  of  Love, 
Look  from  Above 
And  Pity  us  poor  Scholars! 


JOSEPH  H.  DEFREES 

An  innocent  youth  with  no  thought  of 

becoming  a  lawyer. 


MEREDITH 


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Old  Chapel — Vincennes.     Built  1816. 

They've  hired  a  Fool 
To  Teach  our  School 
And  pay  him  Forty  Dollars! 

And  it  didn't  mean  Forty  Dollars  a 
Week,  either. 

During  the  Boyhood  Days  of  Bill, 
while  the  Crime  of  '73  was  still  in  the 
Future  Tense  and  all  of  the  Newspapers 
spoke  well  of  Uncle  Joe,  there  sprang 
up  a  Fast  Friendship  between  Our  Hero 
and  another  Son  of  the  Grand  Old  Hoo- 
sier  State  known  as  "Ory."  Indiana 
has  a  few  choice  Names  that  are  not 
used  anywhere  else.  Such  as  the  fol 
lowing: 

Osie 

On 

Or  vie 


BOOTH  TARKINGTON 

An  idealized  sketch  by  Newton 

Booth  Tarkington 


BOOTH  AGAIN 


The  Picnic— Nesbit  at  Bat. 


Ote 
Bos 

Melvy 

Myrt 

Cole 

Ez 

Eck 

Jethro 

Cad 

Ad 

Harve 

Bing 

Eb 

Ziniri 

Elmo  re 

Geb 

Lit  tie 

Clute 

Kenesaw 

Lum 

Mordecai 

Sep 


GEORGE  T.  BUCKINGHAM 

Shortly  before  winning  title  of  champion 

pie-eater  of  Delphi. 


ffisf- 


YOUNG  J.  M. 


28 


Farmer   Ade. 


Tad 

Wilbur 

Elmer 


The  above  is  a  Bona  Fide  List  taken 
from  the  Revised  Census  Report  on  the 
Spread  of  the  Literary  Impulse  in  In 
diana. 

Bill  and  Ory  formed  a  Partnership 
which  made  the  renowned  intimacy  be 
tween  Damon  and  Pythias  look  like  an 
Orange  County  Feud. 

And  the  Beauty  of  it  was  that  neither 
of  them  wanted  to  Sell  anything  to  the 
other! 

Which  proves  that  a  great  many  Peo 
ple  (living  in  Small  Towns)  remain  on 
the  Level  up  to  the  age  of  8,  or  possibly 
10. 


ALBERT  J.  BEVERIDGE 
Many  years  before  meeting  John  Kern 


1  |m$ 


KlN  HUBBARD 

Litry  Guy 


Abe  Lincoln's  Old  Swimming  Hole 

This  was,  indeed,  a  Bright  Period  in 
Bill's  Life.  He  did  not  worry  about  the 
High  Cost  of  Living.  If  assailed  by  the 
Pangs  of  Hunger  all  he  had  to  do  was 
sneak  into  the  Buttry  and  Swipe  a  few 
Slabs  of  Salt-Rising  Bread. 

He  was  ready  for  his  Vittles  at  any 
time,  without  the  aid  of  Bronx  or  Mar 
tini. 

All  through  the  Golden  Hours  of  the 
Summertime  he  played  Two-Old-Cat 
and  when  the  somber  Pall  of  Darkness 
settled  on  the  Earth,  his  only  Problem 
was  how  to  get  to  Bed  without  holding 
his  Feet  under  the  Pump. 

When  tired  of  Childish  Play  he  would 
slip  off  to  the  Hay'Mow  and  study  the 


THE  McCurcHEON  BOYS 

Taken  at  Romney,  Indiana,  the  year 

of  the  big  wind. 


BUCK,    OUR    TOASTMASTER 


T<wo  Club  Officers  and  Future  Governor  of  Illinois. 


works  of  Beadle,  thus  storing  his  Mind 
with  Useful  Knowledge  for  use  in  After 
Life. 

He  attended  Sunday  School  with 
great  Regularity  just  before  Christmas 
and  joined  Church  every  Winter  in  or 
der  to  make  the  Revival  a  Success. 

Bill  often  confided  to  Ory  his  plans 
for  the  Future.  He  wanted  to  grow  up 
and  have  a  full  Set  of  Whiskers  and  be 
elected  to  Congress.  He  could  see  him 
self  in  a  Prince  Albert  Coat,  standing 
on  a  Temporary  Platform  in  Court 
House  Grove,  telling  the  Yaps  just  how 
the  Tariff  had  affected  the  Price  of  Steel 
Rails. 

At  that  time  Politics  was  or  were  the 


CHARLES  D.    MAJOR 
Portrait  in  oil  by  the  village  sign  painter. 


JOHN  L. 


34 


Sisters  Throwing  the  Base-Ball. 


chief  Concern  of  all  the  Chair  Warmers 
who  lined  up  in  front  of  the  Commer 
cial  Hotel. 

The  hydra-headed  Monster  known  as 
Insurgency  had  not  wrapped  the  Body 
Politic  within  its  loathsome  Coils  and 
the  Australian  System  had  not  put  the 
Kibosh  on  the  Blocks  of  Five,  conse 
quently  every  Campaign  was  a  beatific 
Death  Struggle. 

It  opened  with  an  Outburst  of  Crim 
inal  Libel  and  closed  with  all  the  Sur 
vivors  standing  knee'deep  in  Blood. 

Indiana  was  a  Pivotal  State  and  it 
used  to  Pivot  24  hours  every  Day. 

No  wonder  the  Hoosier  Boy,  reared 


CHARLES  D.  MAJOR 

Later  portrait,  by  himself — when 

Shelbyville  was  in  flower. 


CHAIRMAN  RECTOR 


Col.  Carlisle  and  Others. 

in  this  Spartan  School,  afterward  came 
to  regard  the  Full-Dress  Maneuvers  of 
the  Hamilton  and  Marquette  Cohorts  as 
a  pale  and  hybrid  Combination  of  Ping- 
Pong  and  Croquet. 

Those  were  the  Halycon  Days  when 
Tom  Hendricks,  Ben  Harrison,  Dan 
Voorhees,  Uncle  Dick  Thompson,  Blue 
Jeans  Williams  and  Albert  Porter  set 
the  Prairies  on  Fire. 

John  Rern  had  not  led  his  first  For 
lorn  Hope.  Bev  was  selling  subscrip 
tion  Books  to  unsuspecting  Rubes.  Jim 
Watson  was  known  as  the  Child  Orator 
of  Rushville.  Jim  Hemenway  was  pick 
ing  Paw-Paws  on  the  Shares  near 
Booneville.  John  L.  Griffiths  was  acting 


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I 

v/ 


JUDGE  E.  C.  FIELD,  1865 

He  attended  Ann  Arbor  but  his  whiskers 

were  true  to  Indiana. 


BILLY  AUSTIN 


Mac  Discovered  by   Teddy. 


as  Cherub  in  a  Law  Office.  Hanly  was 
just  beginning  to  stand  in  front  of  the 
Mirror  and  discover  certain  Resem 
blances  to  Daniel  Webster.  Tom  Mar 
shall  was  endeavoring  to  get  a  Certifi 
cate  to  teach  School.  George  Barr  Mc- 
Cutcheon,  Meredith  Nicholson  and 
Booth  Tarkington  were  Pollyvrogs. 

In  other  Words,  those  were  the  good 
Old  Days  when  Hair-Oil  was  Popular 
and  every  Family  had  Meat  on  the 
Table.  The  insidious  Breakfast  Food 
had  not  crept  into  each  Household,  like 
a  Thief  in  the  Night. 

It  was  during  this  Favored  Period 
that  Bill  and  Ory  passed  from  Youth  to 
Early  Manhood.  The  old  Residenters 
will  remember  the  Time.  It  was  when 
everything  printed  in  the  "Journal"  one 
day  would  be  denied  in  the  "Sentinel" 
the  Dav  After. 


Ex  Gov.  WM.  T.  DURBIN 
Taken  shortly  after  entering  politics. 


THE  PRIDE  OF  SOUTH  BEND 


At  the  Picnic — Dressing  Contest. 


He   Goes  to    College 


B 


tion. 


jlLL  and  Ory  took  in  all 
lithe    Taffy    Pulls     and 
•*  Kissing     Parties     and 
^finally    worked    up    to 
>yster     Suppers,     just 
tore     Bill's     Parents 
:ided  that,  inasmuch 
he  refused  to  Work, 
they    had    better    give 
him  the  Higher  Educa- 


It  required  an  Order  of  Court  to  get 
him  into  the  Plainfield  Reform  School, 
so  they  compromised  by  sending  him  to 
a  Sectarian  Institution. 


BOOTH  TARKIVGTON 
About  the  time  he  wrote  his  first  Novel 


M.  W.  Mix 


42 


They  Prepared  the  Picnic  Dinner. 


It  was  not  exactly  a  Seminary  and 
hardly  large  enough  to  be  a  College,  so 
they  billed  it  as  a  University. 

Our  Hero  was  meant  for  a  Lawyer 
unless  it  should  develop  that  he  had 
Weak  Lungs,  in  which  Case  he  was  to 
be  a  Preacher. 

Soon  after  passing  the  Portals  he  ac 
quired  a  Frat  Pin,  a  short  Cutaway  Coat 
and  a  Pack  of  Sweet  Caps  and  learned  to 
carry  the  Basso  Part  in  "My  Bonnie 
Lies  Over  the  Ocean." 

He  took  a  Leading  Part  in  all  the 
Student  Activities  involving  Petit  Lar 
ceny,  Trespass,  Wilful  Destruction  of 
Property  and  Disturbing  the  Peace, 
thereby  laying  broad  and  strong  the 


J.  M.  STUDEBAKER 
When  known  as  "the  town  flirt. 


H.  KING 


Picnic  Committee — In  Full  Dress. 

Foundation  of  his  Future  Usefulness  as 
a  Member  of  the  Civic  Federation  in 
Chicago. 

His  Masterly  Oration  on  the  Impend 
ing"  Conflict  between  Capital  and  Labor 
is  still  being  used  by  some  of  the  bright 
est  Undergraduates  up  and  down  the 
Monon  Road. 

Also,  the  Inside  History  of  how  he 
got  the  Cow  into  the  Chapel  is  one  of 
the  Luminous  Pages  in  the  Annals  of  his 
Alma  Mater. 

As  a  Student  he  was  only  Middling. 
He  never  equalled  the  Record  of  Walter 
Fisher  at  Hanover,  who,  early  in  his 
Sophomore  Year,  began  to  instruct  the 
Faculty. 


FRANK  H.  WILSON 

In  his  first  suit  of  regular,  sure-enough 

store    clothes. 


JOE 


46 


Mr.  Griffiths  paying  duty  on  speech — By  weight  or  by  value  ? 


He  never  burned  as  much  Midnight 
Oil  as  Booth  Tarkington  ignited  up  at 
Purdue  and  he  did  not  cause  as  much 
Smoke  as  George  Buckingham  and  Da 
vid  Graham  Phillips,  sent  curling  into 
the  Air  at  De  Pauw,  nee  Asbury,  but  he 
managed  to  Pull  Through,  and  all  Di 
plomas  look  alike  after  the}7  are  framed 
and  hanging  on  the  Wall. 


W.  C.  BOBBS 

Trying  to  conceal  himself  behind  the 
early  foliage. 


JUDGE  BAKER 


The  Lincoln  Home  in  Spencer  County — Today. 


The  City  Calls  Him 

BOUT  a  week  after  pay 
ing   $5   for   his   Sheep 
skin,     the     Commence 
ment  Flowers  had  with 
ered  and  the  Local  Ex- 
[jtement  had  died  away 
d    he    found    himself 
ace  to  Face  (by  per 
mission   of   Tom   Mur 
ray)     with     the     Great 
World. 

Should  he  settle  down  at  Home  and 
undertake  a  Course  of  Liglrt  Reading? 
Father  thought  not. 

Should  he  walk  around  and  around 


WILLIAM  C.  FREE 

Once  a  prominent  grocery  salesman  in 
Prosperity,  Indiana. 


JOHN  EVERS  McCuxcHEON 


Grave  of 'Nancy  Hanks-Lincoln,  Spencer  County. 


the  Public  Square,  shaking  hands  with 
Influential  Farmers,  until  urged  to  be 
come  Prosecuting  Attorney  at  the  Stag 
gering  Stipend  of  $1200  a  year? 

Or  should  he  prostitute  his  Talents 
by  working  in  a  Bank?  The  Town 
Banker,  who  had  known  Our  Hero 
since  Early  Childhood,  advised  him  not 
to  do  so. 

One  Day  an  Inspiration  came  to  him. 
Why  not  move  up  to  Chicago  and  make 
his  Fortune  in  the  new  Giant  City  of  the 
West? 

He  was  Undefiled  and  Incorruptible 
and,  as  nearly  as  he  could  learn,  an  ab 
solutely  Pure  and  Honest  Young  Man 
would  find  very  little  Competition  with- 


L,  W.   LANDMAN 

Waiting  for  the  bird  to  come  out 

of  the  camera. 


KENESAW 


Mr.  Fairbanks — About  io  make  a  "ringer." 

in  the  District  bounded  on  the  North 
by  the  River,  on  the  West  by  the  South 
Branch,  on  the  South  by  12th  St.,  and 
on  the  East  by  the  Illinois  Central. 

Besides,  if  John  Shaffer  and  Will  Da 
vis  and  Judge  Field  and  Ed  Rector  and 
Johnny  Kiitchen  and  Joe  Defrees  and 
Joe  Wile  and  Mel  Mix  and  Guy  Guern 
sey  and  Ed  Carry  and  George  Maher 
and  the  Fishbacks  and  Gerald  Pierce 
and  Ollie  Carter  and  Bill  Vawter  and 
Hugh  Hadley  and  Ed  Erickson  and 
other  such  ordinary  Products  of  the 
Swamps  and  Tall  Timber  could  go  up  to 
Chicago  and  actually  Fool  the  Public 
it  looked  as  if  it  ought  to  be  a  Pipe  for 
a  really  Brilliant  Fellow  who  had  taken 
a  Degree. 


ALEXANDER  F.  BANKS 

Genial  and  popular  society  editor  in 

Evansville. 


OUR  SECRETARY 


J.  M.  Studebaker — Champion  horse-shoe  thronver  of  Indiana. 

It  seemed  as  if  kindly  Providence  had 
planted  Chicago  within  Easy  Reach  so 
that  those  who  did  not  cut  much  Ice 
at  Home  might  escape  across  the  State 
Line  and  immediately  become  Promi 
nent. 

"Me  for  Chicago!"  said  Our  Hero, 
hastily  throwing  a  few  Things  into  his 
Telescope.  After  which,  all  he  had  to 
do  was  borrow  the  Railroad  Fare. 


He  did  not  see  any  "Welcome"  Signs 
as  he  walked  up  from  the  Polk  Street 
Station. 

Several  Cable  Cars  and  Trucks  tried 
'to  check  his  Career  at  the  very  start  but 
he  finally  succeeded  in  arriving  at  a 


J.  M.  WILE 
Taken  shortly  before  the  Mexican  War. 


THE  WAGON-MAKER 


Studebaker  protests  against  Fairbanks. 


Boarding  House  in  a  Pleasant  Neigh 
borhood  near  Peck  Court  and  was  as 
signed  to  a  Hall  Bed  Room.  Tjie  Archi 
tect  had  originally  marked  it  on  the 
Plans  as  a  Closet. 

He  bought  an  Evening  Paper  and 
studied  the  AVant  Ads,  thus  learning 
that  there  was  a  very  general  Demand 
for  Swedes  who  understood  the  Care  of 
Horses  and  would  look  after  the  Lawn. 

Next  Day  he  went  to  call  on  a  Suc 
cessful  Business  Man  who  had  once 
known  his  Father.  This  Man  was  very 
kind  to  him,  giving  him  a  Letter  of  In 
troduction  to  the  Superintendent  of  a 
Large  Concern,  who  happened  to  be  in 
Europe  at  the  time,  and  then  showing 
him  how  to  get  back  to  the  Elevator. 


57 


EDWARD  RECTOR 

A  relic  of  the  stone  age  discovered  in  the 
Bedford   quarries. 


HARRY  NEW 


When  White  River  was  Navigable — 1864. 

Everywhere  he  went,  his  Application 
was  placed  on  File.  This  was  a  Helva 
Help,  as  B.  L.  T.  would  say. 

After  a  week  or  so  he  concluded  to 
abandon  his  Original  Intention  of  be 
coming'  General  Manager  for  the  Ar 
mour  Interests  and  started  in  as  third 
assistant  White  Slave  in  a  2-acre  Office 
overlooking  the  flower-dotted  Fields 
and  purling  Brooks  of  Boiler  Avenue. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  Narra 
tive  to  follow  Step  by  Step  the  slow  ad 
vance  of  Our  Hero. 

Sometimes  he  did  not  Step  high 
enough,  and  Stubbed  his  Toe,  but  there 
should  be  no  Muck-Raking  in  a  Frater 
nal  Organization  that  charges  $10  a 
Plate. 


MELVILLE  W.  Mix 
Shortly  after  he  discovered  Mishawaka 


HARRY  STARR 


OW  Supreme  Court  Building. 

Ever  since  we  read  the  Sterilized  Lit 
erature  circulated  by  the  Christian  En 
deavor  in  an  attempt  to  head  off  the 
Nickel  Library,  we  have  known  that  the 
Poor  Boy  from  the  Country,  who  keeps 
his  Hands  and  Face  clean  and  his  Cuffs 
trimmed  and  who  is  Foxy  enough  to  get 
acquainted  with  the  Female  Relatives  of 
his  Employer,  will  sooner  or  later  Land 
in  Division  Number  One  and  wear  Bells. 

Our  Hero  never  quarreled  with  his 
Meal  Ticket  or  hid  his  Light  under  a 
Bushel  and  in  Due  Time  began  to  take 
Lunch  at  the  C.  A.  A.  with  the  Big 
Squash  who  sat  in  the  Mahogany  Offi'ce 
and  pushed  the  Buttons. 

One  day  he  met  Alec  Revell,  who 
spoke  pleasantly  to  him,  and  Life  began 
to  assume  new  Possibilities. 


GUY  GUERNSEY 

Taken  the  year  he  drove  the  Indians  out 
of  Terry  Hut. 


HUGH    HADLEY 


The  Seal   of  Indiana  —  Revised. 


He  moved  into  a  European  Hotel  that 
had  a  Carte  du  Jour  and  a  band  of  Fe 
male  Tomahawkers  who  sat  around  in 
Rocking  Chairs  all  day  adding  up  what 
they  knew  about  the  Married  Men  liv 
ing  in  the  House. 

Bill  had  long  since  given  up  Detach 
able  Cuffs  and  now  he  began  to  wear  a 
Monogram  on  the  Sleeve  of  his  Shirt 
and  went  in  for  extra  Suspenders,  which 
is  the  first  evidence  of  Nervous  Pros 
perity. 

Gradually  he  was  being  weaned  away 
from  his  Native  State  for  when  he 
bought  them  he  did  not  ask  the  Man  for 
Galluses. 

He  began  to  look  forward  to  the  Day 


HEAVY  SWELLS— 1873 
Theone  with  the  plug  hat  is  L.  L.  Earth 


COL.  JEWETT 


Original  Nut  College,  1847. 

when  he  would  order  Clothes  from  Ste 
venson  and  then  drop  into  a  place  in 
Michigan  Ave.  and  pay  $4  for  a  Cravat 
that  is  easily  worth  35  Cents. 

Also  he  began  to  climb  the  Social  Lad 
der — the  one  that  begins  at  the  Bis 
marck  Garden  and  leads  Onward  and 
Upward  to  the  Chicago  Club  with  a  lot 
of  Grand  Opera  strung  in  between. 

He  put  on  his  Soup-and-Fish  Regalia 
every  time  the  Sun  went  Down  and 
gladly  mingled  with  those  who  have 
their  pictures  in  the  Trib  when  there  is 
a  Charity  Ball  or  Mr.  Sims  turns  in  a 
new  Batch  of  Indictments. 

When  he  was  Pinched  one  day  for 
Speeding  through  Winnetka,  the  Re- 


EDWARD  F.  CARRY 

Proving  that  he  had  velvet 

many  years  ago 


O.  C.  CARTER 


The  Ball  Game  at  Brook. 


porters  all  mentioned  him  as  a  Promin 
ent  Clubman,  which  would  indicate  that 
he  had  been  Going  Some  since  landing 
here  with  just  One  Pair  of  Everything. 

Terrapin  was  no  longer  a  Stranger 
and  to  hear  him  talk  about  the  Vintages 
one  could  hardly  believe  that  he  had 
been  limited  to  Well  Water  for  the  first 
22  Years. 

He  began  to  dream  in  Large  Figures 
and  Found  out  that  it  is  better  to  in 
crease  the  Capital  Stock  than  attempt 
to  get  it  a  Dollar  at  a  Time  by  mere 
Toil. 

Next  we  find  him  at  a  Club,  making 
Trouble  for  the  House  Committee  and 
letting  Prunes  pass  out  of  his  Life  as  he 

67 


JOHNNY  McCurcH 

The  boy  Lotharioof  South  Fourth  Street, 
La  Fayette. 


BILL  BOBBS 


Architectural  Triumph  of  1850. 

became    better    acquainted    with    Hot 
House  Grapes. 

The  Twentieth  Century  Habit  got  a 
Hold  on  him  and  every  few  weeks  he 
would  be  found  in  Peacock  Alley  ming 
ling"  with  a  lot  of  New  Yorkers  from 
Muscatine,  Altoona,  Evansville  and  St. 
Joe,  Missouri. 

Was  he  satisfied?    No! 

He  wanted  a  Home  of  his  Own.  He 
wanted  something  Colonial  with  a  Porte 
Cochere  on  the  Side,  an  Iron  Fence  in 
Front,  and  a  First  Mortgage  covering 
the  Whole  Thing. 

He  wanted  to  keep  a  Boston  Bull  and 
have  a  Den  with  Dark  Furniture  and  a 


69 


JUDGE    FRANCIS  E.  BAKER 

Now  champion    checker    player    of 
Elkhart  County. 


On  the  raging    W abash. 


small  sized  Replica  of  Chapin  &  Gore 
in  one  Corner  and  all  the  Tools  and  Ap 
pliances  necessary  for  opening  up  with 
10-cent  Jacks  at  9  o'clock  Saturday 
Evening  and  concluding  about  the  time 
the  Church  Bells  begin  to  ring,  with 
everybody  stripped  above  the_  Belt  and 
the  Ceiling  as  the  Limit. 

Only  one  thing  could  happen  to  him 
and  it  Happened. 

He  picked  out  one  of  the  Nicest  Girls 
that  ever  sat  through  a  Thomas  Con 
cert  and  began  to  Hound  her  and  tempt 
her  with  Jewelry. 

Her  Parents  investigated  him  and 
learned  that  he  looked  like  a  Comer  and 
was  a  Member  of  Good  Standing  in  the 


SAM  AND  CHARLEY  MURDOCK 
Sam  is  the  emaciated  one  at  the  right. 


G.  GUERNSEY 


72 


At  the  Picnic—  Me Cutcheon  and  Ade. 

Indiana  Society,  so,  of  course,  they  were 
glad  to  have  him  in  the  Family. 

He  was  married  in  a  Church  the  night 
after  the  Bachelor  Dinner  and  some  of 
his  Friends  who  were  present  told  him 
all  about  it  later  on. 

Now  we  find  him  really  and  truly  Ar 
rived.  He  could  cash  a  Check  without 
being  Measured  and  Photographed.  He 
had  his  Name  on  the  end  of  his  Desk 
and  was  appointed  one  of  the  600  Floor 
Managers  of  an  Exclusive  Social  Af 
fair  pulled  off  at  the  Auditorium  under 
the  Guise  of  Charity. 

He  felt  that  it  was  only  a  Question  of 
Time  until  he  could  work  up  to  a  Mem 
bership  in  the  Art  Institute  and  make  a 
triumphant  First  Appearance  before  the 
Board  of  Review. 

73 


E.  H.  SENEFF 

Wondering  if  he  will  ever  get  a  good 
job  with  a  railroad. 


W.  T  .FENTON 


Female  Reformatory,   i86Q — They  needed  a  large  building. 


Thoughts  of  Home 


ERHAPS   you   imagine 
that  a  Leading  Citizen 
of  Chicago,  living  with 
in  a  Stone's  Throw  of 
the  Standard  Club  and 
bout  to .buy  an  Elec- 
ic    Runabout    for 
rif ey,  would'  forget  all 
>out    the    2x4    Tank 
Town  that  gave  him  his 
Start  and  Pushed  him  out  on  the  Track. 

Not  so. 

After  he   began   to   Do   Well  in   the 
City,  much  to  the   Surprise  of  all   the 


75 


GEO.  W.  MAHER  AND  BROTHER 

Having  their  pictures  taken  in  New 
Albany. 


SAM    MURDOCK 


76 


7$£  /Yr.tf  School  House — Richmond. 

old-time  Friends  and  Neighbors  back 
in  the  Clump  of  Maples,  he  was  regu 
larly  re-adopted  as  one  of  Our  Boys  and 
was  invited  to  Come  Across  for  the  new 
Campbellite  Church,  the  Carnegie  Li 
brary,  the  new  Chautauqua,  etc.,  etc., 
etc. 

Relatives  attending  the  Fat  Stock 
Show  began  to  hunt  him  up  and  then 
went  back  to  report  on  his  Wife,  who 
was  supposed  to  be  Extravagant. 

Sometimes  it  occurred  to  him  that  it 
would  be  a  Grand  Idea  to  go  back  to  the 
Old  Home  and  buy  a  Farm  and  r.aise 
Chickens  and  have  a  lot  of  white-faced 
Steers  standing  around  to  be  Kodaked. 

When  a  City  Man  begins  to  figure  on 

77 


> A  \  1 1 :  L    \v .    *c  A  x  LA  \ , 

I'"X->-TATK*S  ATTO'HX  KY. 


DAN  SCANLAN 
When  known  as  the  Pet  of  Anderson. 


E.  L.   K. 


At  the  Picnic — Spoon  Race. 

raising  $4,000  worth  of  Chickens  an 
nually  on  an  Investment  of  $16.75,  it 
means  that  either  he  is  unduly  Prosper 
ous  or  else  Reason  has  begun  to  totter 
on  her  Throne. 

He  wanted  to  get  back  to  the  Soil — 
for  a  few  Minutes  at  a  Time. 

He  wanted  to  exchange  his  Swallow- 
Tail  for  a  Sweater  and  beat  his  Mashie 
into  a  Plow-Share. 

Also  he  wanted  to  go  back  to  his 
Birthplace  and  give  the  Cackle  to  some 
of  the  Paleozoic  Fossils  who  had  predict 
ed  that  he  would  wind  up  either  in  the 
Poor  House  or  the  Legislature. 

He  got  his  first  Jolt  when  he  began 


GEO.  McCuTCHEON  &  DOG 
Note — John  afterward  stole  the  dog. 


ED.   McKENNA 


80 


Picnic  Sports. 


making  Inquiries  and  learned  that,  while 
he  had  been  getting  a  Foothold  in  the 
busy  Marts  of  Trade,,  the  Price  of  Farm 
Land  had  skipped  blithely  from  about 
$30  an  Acre  up  to  $175. 

By  selling  all  his  City  Property  and 
borrowing  on  the  Household  Goods  he 
might  get  an  Estate  large  enough  for 
a  9-Hole  Course. 

So,  instead  of  buying  a  Farm  and 
raising  his  own  Vegetables  he  decided 
to  Economize  by  building  a  Bungalow 
on  the  North  Shore. 

Still,  he  had  a  lingering  Desire  to  re 
visit  the  Dear  Old  Scenes  and  ascertain 
whether  or  not  he  was  still  Remem 
bered. 


ADDISON  C.   HARRIS 

Frontier  costume  worn  by  him  during 

war  of    1812. 


DAVE 


DO-ICH  the  Old  Pike. 

He  need  not  have  Worried  about  that. 

The  International  Order  of  the  I- 
Knew-Him-When  has  a  Chapter  in  ev 
ery  Small  Town.  It  is  one  of  the  most 
flourishing  Organizations  on  the  Hot 
Stove  Circuit. 

The  Old  Boys  who  had  been  the  Vic 
tims  of  his  Deviltry  long  ago  would  see 
his  Name  in  the  Chicago  Paper  and  that 
would  be  the  Cue  for  the  following  Con 
tributions  to  the  Hammerfest: 

"Never  seemed  to  me  to  be  Overly 
Bright." 

"Nothin'  really  Bad  about  the  Boy 
but  he  didn't  seem  to  have  any  Git-Up 
to  him." 


CHARLES  F.  FISHBACK 
Charles  at  left,  little  sister  on  chair. 


On  the  National  Road — Wayne  County. 

"He  wuzn't  worth  his  Salt  as  a  Farm 
Hand." 

"I  guess  People  in  Shuhkawgo  don't 
turn  out  very  early  in  the  Morning  if 
they  ever  let  that  Sap-Head  get  the 
Bulge  on  'em." 

"I  hear  he  Drinks  and  keeps  Liquor 
right  in  the  House." 

"He  had  a  kind  of  an  Uppish  Way 
about  him  that  I  never  could  Abide." 

"Well,  you  never  can  Tell.  I've  seen 
many  a  Runt  skirmish  around  a  Feed- 
Lot  and  finally  turn  out  Fat  and  Sassy." 

"I  hope  he  got  it  Honestly — but 
there's  an  awful  lot  of  Skullduggery 
goin'  on  in  a  big  City." 


E.  Louis  KUHNS 
Once  a  patriot — now  a  plutocrat. 


".Vi '  I)^AF-ANS-DUMB  CHARLEY. 


The  Banks  of  the  Wabash. 

"They  say  he  done  Real  Well  when 
he  got  Married.  If  I  was  Her,  I'd  keep 
the  Property  in  My  Own  Name." 

"I  hired  him  once  to  Pick  Cherries. 
He  Et  more  than  he  Picked." 

"You  know  what  the  Feller  says — It 
takes  all  kinds  o'  People  to  make  a 
World." 

"I  knew  him  when  he  didn't  wear 
enough  Cloze  to  Wad  a  Gun." 

"I  knew  him  when  it  was  like  Pullin' 
Teeth  to  get  him  to  Milk." 

"I  knew  him  when  he  didn't  have  one 
Dollar  to  rub  against  another." 

"I  knew  him  when  he  wore  a  Base 
Ball  Suit  for  Undercloze." 


\ 


CHARLEY  ALLING  &  PA 
Charley   is   the  small  one. 


HOOSIER  BANQUET 


Suburban  Scene  in  Gary. 

"I  knew  him  when  he  couldn't  count 
up  to  Leven  without  a  Pencil  and  a  Pad 
of  Paper." 

"I  knew  him  when  his  Folks  bought 
their  Flour  a  Sack  at  a  Time  and  had 
to  borrow  Dishes  if  they  had  Company." 


Truly,  the  Busy  World  may  not  have 
the  Dope  on  you,  but  if  you  ever  lived  in 
a  One  Night  Stand,  then  your  Picture 
is  in  the  Gallery. 

You  can  fool  some  of  the  People  all 
of  the  Time  but  you  can't  fool  the  Mem 
bers  of  the  I-Knew-Him-When  Detec 
tive  Association  any  of  the  Time. 

Our  Hero  fondly  Imagined  that  his 


GERALD  PIERCE 

Befoie  he  began  to  associate  with 
prominent   advertisers.. 


ALBERT 

90 


Our  National  Game. 


Childhood  Associates  were  getting 
ready  to  place  a  Memorial  Tablet  to 
mark  the  Spot  at  which  he  had  first  seen 
the  Light  of  Day,  and  likewise  name  a 
couple  of  Streets  after  him. 

He  knew  that  if  he  went  back  there 
would    be    Triumphal    Arches    up    and. 
down  Main  Street  and  a  Public  Recep 
tion  in  K.  P.  Hall. 

He  wondered  what  had  become  of 
Ory,  his  rusty  little  Playmate  of  Long 
Ago. 

Probably  he  was  indulging  in  Man 
ual  Labor  and  getting  $1.50  a  Day,  sav 
ing  up  to  buy  Enlarged  Crayon  Por 
traits  of  all  his  Dead  Relations. 

Poor  Ory! 


91 


REV.  WM.  CHALMERS  COVERT,  D.  D. 

Notice   the   gay   surroundings   and    the 
worldly  character  of  his  hosiery. 


MR.  BANKS 


"The  Corn,  the  Golden  Corn!" 


He  would  go  back  and  hunt  him  up 
and  treat  him  as  an  Equal  and  give  him 
an  Imported  Cigar. 

It  would  be  a  noble  and  unselfish 
Stunt — to  spill  a  little  Sunshine  into  the 
Lives  of  the  Lowly. 


W.    C.    NlBLACK 

He  is  one  of  these  two — take  your  choice. 


UNCLE  WILL 


The  Old  Building  at  I.    U. 


He  Visits  the  Boobs 


o 


NE  Day  his  Chariot  of 
Fire  went  tearing  over 
the  Improved  Roads  of 
His  Native  State,  defy 
ing-      Constables      and 
owing  down  Domes- 
Animals. 


preferred  to  Mo- 
:or  back  to  the  Beloved 
I'ailiwick  in  order  to 

make  a  Sensational  Entrance  and  give 

the  Natives  a  Treat. 

After  travelling  a  Long  Distance  and 
failing  to  Spot  any  of  the  Familiar 
Landmarks,  he  found  himself  in  the  con- 


OLIVER  C.  CARTER 

Before  deciding  to  be  General  Freight 

Agent  of  the  Monon. 


GRAND  OPERA  SHAFFER 


"Thrashin'  Time" 

gested  Thoroughfare  of  a  Populous 
Town  with  Arc  Lights,  Policemen  in 
Uniform,  Moving  Picture  Shows,  Deli 
catessen  Stores  and  all  the  other  By- 
Products  of  advancing  Civilization. 

He  stopped  at  a  Corner  in  front  of  a 
large  Pressed  Brick  Structure  labelled 
First  National  Bank. 

Standing  in  the  Doorway  and  survey 
ing  the  Busy  Scene  with  an  Easy  Air  of 
Proprietorship  was  a  Portly  Gentleman 
in  Tailor-Made  Clothes  and  dripping 
with  Precious  Stones. 

Our  Hero  approached  the  Stranger 
with  some  Awe  and  asked  what  Road  he 
should  take  in  order  to  find  his  Native 
Village. 


W.  A.  VAVVTER 
Wearing  part  of  a  collar 


OUR  TREASURER 


Distinguished  Gu  esls. 


"You  are  now  standing  at  the  Corner 
of  Broadway  and  Colfax  Avenue  in  that 
self-same  Burg,"  replied  the  Stranger, 
"but  the  Choice  Building  Lots  which  I 
am  about  to  sell  you  are  located .  two 
Miles  to  the  East  on  the  new  Trolley 
Line  in  a  Residence  Suburb  known  as 
Higgins  Park." 

Our  Hero  fell  on  his  Face  in  a  Dead 
Faint. 

When  he  recovered  Consciousness  he 
was  lying  on  an  Upholstered  Couch  in 
the  Directors'  Room  of  the  First  Nation 
al  Bank,  while  the  Hon.  Ory  Higgins, 
Mayor  of  the  Town,  President  of  the 
Bank,  Manager  of  the  Inter-Urban  and 
Chairman  of  the  Greens  Committee  in 
the  New  Golf  Club  leaned  over  him,  ap- 


W.  B.  AUSTIN 
Made  a  noise  at  this  early  age. 


L.  L.  EARTH 


Puzzle:     What  famous  battle  does  this  represent? 
Valuable  prize  for  first  correct  guess. 


plying  those  Restoratives  which  are 
found  in  every  well-regulated  Office  and 
Private  Home  since  Indiana  went  Dry. 

"Do  you  know  me?"  asked  Our  Hero, 
as  he  laid  his  trembling  Hand  in  that 
of  the  Public-Spirited  Citizen  who  had 
just  built  the  new  Opera  House. 

"Sure/'  replied  Ory.  "You  are  the  one 
that  we  used  to  call  Bill,  alias  Pudd'n- 
head,  alias  Skinamarink.  You  went  to 
Chicago.  If  you  had  stuck  around  here  I 
could  have  put  you  in  on  the  Ground 
Floor  of  a  lot  of  Good  Things  and  made 
Something  out  of  you." 

"I  expected  to  find  Everything  just 
the  Same,"  faltered  Bill. 


ORT  WELLS 
Query: — What  became  of  his  neck? 


NlBLACK 


The  Hoosier  5  foot  Book  Shelf. 


"Of  course  you  did !  It  is  Human  Na 
ture  to  imagine  that  while  we  are 
Scorching  along  the  broad  Highway  of 
Progress,  the  Other  Fellow  is  standing 
still  somewhere,  tied  to  a  Post.  But 
come !  I  want  to  show  you  our  new 
Club,  at  which  the  Members  kick  at  the 
Service  in  a  manner  almost  Metropoli 
tan.  Also  the  Park  and  the  Crematory 
and  the  Novelty  Works  and,  as  we  are 
in  a  Hurry,  probably  you  had  better  put 
your  Car  into  my  Garage  and  we  will 
use  my  6-Cylinder." 

Ory  then  showed  him  the  Gold  Medal 
which  he  had  received  for  raising  the 
Largest  Ear  of  Corn  and  expressed  Re 
gret  that  Mrs.  Higgins  was  not  at 
Home. 


COL.  CHARLES  JEWETT 

In  the  costume  which  elected  him  to  the 

legislature. 


HAPPY   DAYS 


104 


Near  Your  Old  Home. 

She  was  in  Boston  attending  the  In 
ternational  Round-up  of  the  Feminine 
High  Brows. 

In  the  excitement  of  pulling  off  the 
Rip  Van  Winkle  Specialty,  Our  Hero 
forgot  all  about  giving  Ory  the  Good 
Cigar. 

The  Local  Paper  took  cognizance  of 
the  Wanderer's  Return  in  the  following 
Language :  "William  Tucker,  a  Former 
Resident,  Sundayed  here  as  the  Guest  of 
our  genial  and  popular  Fellow-Towns 
man,  Colonel  Higgins." 

Was  Ory  a  Colonel? 

You  know  it.  He  had  been  on  the 
Governor's  Staff  for  4  Years. 


105 


JOHN  C.   SHAFFER 

If  he  ever  said  anything  about  you  in  the 
paper,  this  squares  it. 


"CHOOSIN"  UP' 


106 


35E.CeiVieE.F2 

CONGRESS*          HOT&1-. 


Wilbur  and  Or-i'ille  of  Rushi'ille  may  drop  in. 

And  yet,  some  People  travel  into  For 
eign  Parts  on  a  Search  for  Glory. 

MORAL:  At  least  two  Conclusions 
may  be  drawn  from  this  plain  Recital. 

One  is,  that  you  can't  keep  a  Squirrel 
on  the  Ground. 

The  other  is  that  Indiana  now  has  ev 
erything  that  Chicago  can  boast,  except 
Smoke. 


THE  END 


COL.  CHARLES  ARTHUR  CARLISLE 
Older  now  but  just  as  handsome 


NIGGER-SHOOTER 


A  quiet  Corner  of  the  Farm. 


Acknowledgments 


OST  of  the  pictures 
printed  in  this  volume 
were  reproduced  from 
secreted  photographs, 
queer  tin-types  and  an- 
ient  daguerreotypes, 
dug  up  by  loving  wives, 
toothers,  sisters  and 
daughters,  in  a  fine 
spirit  of  contempt  for 
the  wishes  of  their  male  relatives. 

E.  M.  Holloway,  the  tireless  Secretary 
of  the  Indiana  Society  of  Chicago,  did 
the  scouting  for  the  pictures  and  to  him 
is  due  the  credit  for  this  most  unique 
showing  of  crimes  and  misdemeanors 


H.  C.  STARR 

At  the  beginning  of  his  "checkered' 
career. 


A  HARD  KNOT 


The  End  of  the  Campaign. 


perpetrated  in  the  name  of  photographic 
art. 

The  author  gladly  pays  tribute  to  Mr. 
Holloway  as  the  principal  factor  in  the 
continued  success  of  the  Indiana  So 
ciety. 

William  C.  Free  helped  to  design  the 
book  and  told  the  author  what  to  do 
next. 

The  pictures  of  the  Indiana  Picnic  of 
1910  were  generously  contributed  by 
Mrs.  LaVerne  Noyes  and  Mr.  Fred  D. 
Jackson. 

All  of  the  drawings  presented  here 
with  are  by  Indiana  artists. 

The  little  sketches  of  bov  life  in  the 


^.  HADLEY 
How  he  did  enjoy  being  photographed! 


BUMBLE-BEES 


EASY   TERRITORY 

<^: 


UN  EX PLOfgEP        UAN P 


Judge  Field's  Map. 
A  Pen  at  each  end  and  Colleges  in  the  Middle. 


country    are    by    Worth    Brehm    and 
George  Brehm  of  New  York  City. 

John  McCutcheon's  cartoons  and  car 
icatures  will  be  identified  without  resort 
to  explanatory  notes. 

The  other  artists  implicated  are  F. 
Finch,  of  the  Denver  Post;  F.  Fox,  of 
the  Chicago  Post;  Kin  Hubbard  and 
Garr  Williams  of  the  Indianapolis 
News;  George  O.  Frink  of  the  Chicago 
News  and  Lawrence  Erickson  of  New 
Yiork  City. 

The  pictures  of  ante-bellum  Indiana 
were  sent  in  by  helpful  friends. 

It  is  not  true,  as  might  be  supposed, 
that  the  likenesses  of  prominent  mem- 


DAVID  A.  NOYES 
Before  he  migrated  to  darkest  Evanston. 


COULD  YOU    DO  IT  NOW  ? 


Through  the   Woods. 

bers  were  resurrected  by  enemies  of  the 
various  victims. 

The  pictures  are  printed  in  the  belief 
that  a  rising  generation  will  look  upon 
them  and  take  hope. 

A  few  extra  copies  have  been  printed, 
so  that  members  may  buy  them  and 
withdraw  them  from  circulation. 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  well  to 
explain  to  strangers,  who  happen  upon 
this  little  book,  that  the  Indiana  Society 
of  Chicago  is  composed  of  Hoosiers  and 
ex-Hoosiers  who  have  a  sentimental 
fondness  for  their  native  state. 

Most  of  the  members  live  in  Chicago. 
All  of  them  are  bona-fide  Hoosiers  and 


WILL  J.  DAVIS 

After  leaving  the  navy  and  before  joining 
the  syndicate. 


FREE 


116 


Indiana  Authors  at   Work. 

not  one  of  them  would  sell  his  birthright 
for  a  mess  of  anything  you  could  name. 
The  bogus  Indiana  Club,  organized  a 
few  years  ago  by  an  expatriate  of  bur 
glarious  intentions,  admitted  any  one 
who  had  passed  through  Indiana  on  an 
Erie  train  and  could  prove  that  he  was 
a  member  of  the  human  race,  but  the 
real  Indiana  Society  of  today  consists  of 
the  pick  and  flower  of  all  Hoosiers,  al 
though,  goodness  knows,  we  are  not 
here  to  talk  about  ourselves. 

The  annual  dinner  comes  every  De 
cember.  These  dinners  have  been  nota 
ble  because  the  members  and  guests  at 
tending  them  have  not  been  bored  to 
death  by  long  speeches. 


At  everv.  dinner  there  are  four  head- 


E.  A.  ERICKSON 
The  one  standing,  with  his  hair  combed 


MOSSLER'S  GRANULATED  Li» 


STATC  UMvEIHSIT 


Ancient  Halls  of  Learning. 

liners  chosen  with  even  more  care  than 
accompanies  a  selection  for  the  Hall  of 
Fame. 

We  play  no  favorites.  Even  the  states 
men  and  politicians  are  admitted  on 
terms  of  equality  with  the  authors,  the 
judges,  and  the  predatory  rich. 

Every  summer  the  Society  has  a  pic 
nic.  Many  of  the  half-tone  illustrations 
in  this  book  depict  scenes  at  the  picnic 
of  1910,  held  June  25  at  Hazelden  Farm, 
near  Brook,  Indiana. 

The  main  asset  of  the  Indiana  Society 
is  the  enthusiastic  good-fellowship  of 
its  members. 


To  name  the  men  who  have  helped 
on  the  picnic  and  dinner  of  1910  would 


GEORGE  W.  KEEHN 

When  he  was  the  dressiest  boy  in 

Indianapolis. 


c 


WILBUR 


The  Bridge  over  the  Crlch. 

be   to   reprint   herewith   practically   the 
entire  list  of  members. 

This  volume  was  put  into  circulation 
at  the  annual  dinner  on  the  evening  of 
December  10,  1910.  It  was  meant  to  be 
a  gentle  reminder  of  the  days  away  back 
yonder  when  our  dignified  gray-beards 
and  solemn  men  of  affairs  were  hist 
plain  specimens  of  terrified  kids. 

Perhaps  it  will  suggest  the  thought 
that  in  the  land  of  the  somewhat  free 
and  the  home  of  the  more  or  less  brave, 
there  is  still  a  fighting  chance  for  the 
Humble  Youth — that  is,  if  he  took  the 
precaution  to  be  born  in  Indiana. 

The  author  wishes  to  deny  in  advance 
any  slanderous  suggestion  that  this 
Fable  is  really  an  Autobiography.  The 


JOHN  W.  KERN 
Did  he  come  back  ?     He  did. 


LANDMAN 


Indiana  Industries. 


author  never  had  a  room  near  Peck 
Court.  His  room  was  near  Hubbard 
Court. 

The  Hero  of  this  narrative  is  a  com 
posite  of  Frank  Morris,  Dan  Scanlan, 
Will  Davis,  John  Eastman,  Mack  Glenn, 
Bill  Heath,  Louie  Henoch,  Horatio 
Kelsey,  Kenesaw  Landis,  John  Lenfes- 
tey,  Billy  Mann,  Harry  Miller,  Wilbur 
Nesbit,  Lincoln  PfafT,  Milt  Pine,  Ed. 
Shapsker,  Lon  Shaw,  E.  W.  Shirk,  Bill 
Simpson,  John  Vogelsang,  Ort  Wells, 
Eddie  Allen  and  some  twentv  others. 


Not  all  of  these  have  returned  to  their 
Birthplaces  to  be  lionized,  but  there  is 
no  truth  in  the  persistent  rumor  that 
some  of  them  are  afraid  to  go  back. 


EDDIE  ALLEN 
Best-behaved  Child  in  Richmond. 


MURRAY  TURNER 


He  pities  the  Poor  City  Polks. 


As  a  matter  of  fact  the  Hoosier  exiles 
are  treated  well  and  often  whenever 
they  go  home  on  a  visit. 

One  object  of  the  Indiana  Society  is 
to  further  cement  the  friendship  be 
tween  the  residents  of  the  dear  old 
State  and  those  who  were  compelled  to 
leave  it,  for  business  reasons. 

We  agree  to  furnish  tlfe  cement. 

Before  we  forget  it,  Mr.  Nesbit,  our 
poet  laureate,  composed  the  songs  for 
the  dinner  of  1910  and  W.  B.  Austin 
has  attempted  to  make  the  receipts 
cover  the  expenditures. 

This  attempt  has  been  successfully 
thwarted  by  several  ambitious  commit 
tees. 


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GEORGE  ADE 

Trying  to  conceal  the  fact  that  he  has 
joined  a  frat. 


McGuiRE 


From  the  Old  Michigan  Pike. 

The  concertmeister  is  Dave  Noyes 
and  the  yell-leader  is  Charley  Ailing — 
both  good,  clever  boys  and  members  of 
this  club. 


G.  A. 


Chicago,  December  10,  1910. 


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